diff --git a/lib/gui/app/modules/api.ts b/lib/gui/app/modules/api.ts
index 5cefd8acf66..e31b14a1d26 100644
--- a/lib/gui/app/modules/api.ts
+++ b/lib/gui/app/modules/api.ts
@@ -28,10 +28,14 @@ const THREADS_PER_CPU = 16;
 ipc.config.silent = true;
 
 // There might be multiple Etcher instances running at
-// the same time, therefore we must ensure each IPC
+// the same time, also we might spawn multiple child and api so we must ensure each IPC
 // server/client has a different name.
-const IPC_SERVER_ID = `etcher-server-${process.pid}-${Date.now()}}`;
-const IPC_CLIENT_ID = `etcher-client-${process.pid}-${Date.now()}}`;
+const IPC_SERVER_ID = `etcher-server-${
+	process.pid
+}-${Date.now()}-${Math.random()}}`;
+const IPC_CLIENT_ID = `etcher-client-${
+	process.pid
+}-${Date.now()}-${Math.random()}}`;
 
 ipc.config.id = IPC_SERVER_ID;
 ipc.config.socketRoot = path.join(